Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-007-2163: University of Virginia; Charlottesville, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to an employer request, an evaluation was undertaken of heat stress in steam tunnels at the University of Virginia (SIC- 8221), Charlottesville, Virginia. Thirty-one wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) measurements were taken at various locations in two portions of the 5.5-mile steam tunnel system. Measurements were taken at each manhole and at the midway point between manholes. Measurements were also taken for steam fitters in three locations. The mean of the WBGT measurements made in the tunnel was 84.7 degrees-F with a range from 76.0 to 100.8 degrees. Air velocity measurements ranged from 23 to 379 feet per minute (fpm), with a mean air velocity of 219fpm. The 1-hour time weighted average WBGTs for installing a steam blowoff and replacing a union were 90.8 and 84.7 degrees, respectively. The author concludes that workers in the steam tunnels were at risk of harmful exposures to excessive environmental heat. The author recommends informal preventive measures be supplemented with a written heat stress control program. This program should include a survey of conditions in the steam tunnels and a determination of feasible engineering controls.
• Subjects:
  Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Botsball Colleges, Universities, And Professional Schools Hazard-Confirmed Heat-exposure Heat-stress Heat Stress HETA-91-007-2163 Hot-environments NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 3 Steamfitters Steam Tunnels

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA910072163
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kelly, John E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00205034
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-164250
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 91-007-2163, 1991 Nov ; :1-21
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8221 - Colleges and universities - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4b653b162fa23f159ea9ccd03a616e937da7a860658a15af58b47dcfafd2818e950b105a284f7b29f0cf3873a5ff4ca23885d2e1a79649a049ad151e1298d562
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171612/cdc_171612_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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